Wednesday, June 22, 2005
Proof Harry Reid Is NOT The Brightest Bulb In the Four-Pack
We've suspected it for a long time, but here's proof. It's a press release from the Senate Democratic Communications Center. Headline:
And while we are politicizing science -- oops, I mean avoiding politicizing science, it seems the ACLU wants to make sure that foreign nationals in universities have the same access to science information as American students. As a scientist, I understand how desparately important it is to "kick ideas around," but I really don't think we should make it too easy for just anybody to build an atomic bomb -- do you?
Democrats Unveil Initiative to Keep Science Out of Politicsbut then the lead for the piece says:
Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid and Senator Chuck Schumer today joined whistleblower Rick Piltz to unveil the Senate Democrats? latest effort to keep politics out of science.It is bad enough that the headline and the lead say two almost entirely different things, but the erroneous headline is not just wrong, its stupid - "Don't confuse us with the facts" is the essential message. But then, they really do operate that way sometimes.
And while we are politicizing science -- oops, I mean avoiding politicizing science, it seems the ACLU wants to make sure that foreign nationals in universities have the same access to science information as American students. As a scientist, I understand how desparately important it is to "kick ideas around," but I really don't think we should make it too easy for just anybody to build an atomic bomb -- do you?
